ITALIAN CARMAKER FIAT, only months after sealing an alliance with Chrysler, has won the Italian Government’s approval to acquire niche stylist and coachbuilder Bertone.

Bertone, known for its work on Alfa Romeo’s Giulietta Sprint and the Lamborghini Countach – and locally for the Bertone edition Holden Astra TS – will go to Fiat after the Italian [...]

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We’ve marvelled at the astonishing bodywork of the Jason Castriota-designed Bertone Mantide supercar, but up until now we haven’t yet had an inkling of just how much such a beast would cost.

Considering it’s an all-carbon bodyshell and a bespoke interior that sits atop the Nordschliefe-conquering Corvette ZR-1’s underpinnings, we guesstimated the pricetag would be pretty [...]

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We’ve been keeping close tabs on Bertone’s  ZR-1-based Mantide supercar, and our vigilance has finally paid off. After enduring teaser video after endless teaser video, Bertone has at last revealed all in this, the last video in the “Project M” series.

To say the Mantide possesses a busy shape would be an understatement. There’s a heck [...]

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We know it’s based on a Corvette ZR-1, we know it’s got more sharp edges than a combine harvester and now we know its name.

Bertone’s latest project, previously called “Project M”, will wear the Mantide badge on its rump when it debuts at next week’s Shanghai auto show, and from what little we’ve seen of [...]

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Ever have one of those “I told you so” moments? We just did.

At the start of the month we brought you the first four episodes of Bertone’s documentary/teaser film for their upcoming Project M showstopper. Based on the limited clues given in those short vids we theorised that the guts of a Corvette ZR-1 lay [...]

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The bodywork wizards at Bertone have been busying themselves with the preparation of a bespoke supercar, which is due to be unveiled at the Shanghai auto show later this month.

Little is currently known about the car (provisionally titled ‘Project M’), but we do know that car designer extraordinaire Jason Castriota (responsible for the Rolls Royce [...]

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